Jean-Rene Benichou

Jean-Rene Benichou (6 March 1785-29 January 1814) was a Colonel of the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars.

Biography
Jean-Rene Benichou was born in Chateauroux in central France on 6 March 1785. Benichou was drafted into the army during the levee en masse of 1805 and served with the Fusiliers of Line during the campaigns of Emperor Napoleon of France. He was promoted to Colonel in 1814 when France mobilized 160,000 troops to defend their country, and Benichou led his regiment at the Battle of Bar-le-Duc. Benichou, commanding his unit in the centre of the French line, was killed alongside 5,570 other French troops.